Clean-Up in Bad Land Lights Fine for Local Illicit Liquor Ring
In Logan, June 24, Judge E O Pettit fined Dan Swalbaugh Jr, Clem Swalbaugh, and James Graham for liquor law violations. The Swalbaughs pleaded guilty to possessing equipment for whisky production. Graham was found guilty of selling liquor. The case outlines a wildfire district operation with multiple camps, barrels of mash, a still, and shootings linked to the stills.
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Swalbaughs
Sams Creek
Salt Creek Township
Haynes Road
Laurelville
Lehman Huston
Farbearn
Brandt
Today Adding Machine Wanted
Dante in Chicago and Americans in Paris headline a quirky set of notes while a 24 ounce dress captivates readers with its headline grabbing oddity.
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Dante
Chicago
Paris
Simple adding machine needed for households
Arthur Brisbane notes demand for an inexpensive adding device to help wives tally bills and reduce disputes about totals. He cites a Chicago prison incident where Bernard Grant awaits execution after a knife attack by Walter Krauser, who krijgt a new trial accomplice and impending gallows.
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Hell
Bernard Grant
Walter Krauser
Chicago
Grant
Rece
Krauser
Tough Luck London Cold Snap Delays Court Gown Display
A 60 degree temperature and cold snap in England threaten the annual debutante presentation to King George and Queen Mary. American and English debutantes will endure a two hour wait outside Buckingham Palace in fur wrapped gowns, hiding the summer dresses from admirers as shops face disappointment.
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London
England
King George
Queen Mary
Buckingham Palace
President Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge Arrive in Swampscott for Summer
President and Mrs. Coolidge returned to Massachusetts for the season, staying at Red Gables in Swampscott with friends and neighbors. They traveled from Washington on a calm presidential train, greeted quietly in Salem and moved to the Stearns home while White Court is prepared for occupancy.
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Swampscott
Mass
White Court
White House
Washington
New York
State of Maine Express
West Peabody
Little West Peabody
Shore Line
Salem
Norman Street Crossing
Navy radio row could halt McMillan Arctic voyage
The MacMillan Arctic expedition faces possible cancellation as Secretary Wilbur orders the destroyer Putnam to seize naval radio gear from the Florida and swap it with low wavelength sets. Commander MacMillan refuses to use navy equipment, risking loss of aircraft, crews, and support from Bowdoin and Peary.
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Portland
Donald B. McMillan
Wilbur
Putnam
Sydney
N.S
Florida
MacMillan
Wiscasset
Maine
Arctic
America
Navy
Richard E. Byrd
Bowdo
Pole
E. F. MacDonald
Chicago
Radio Corporation of
Byrd
Washington
de Steiger
Boston Navy Yard
Local K P Team Plays Good Ball Games All Day
Morning and afternoon baseball events featured strong play under 8 A Mester Jr as manager of the local K P team. Members of the order organized the games and oversaw the schedule and field use.
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8. A. Mester, Jr
K. of P
British Foreign Minister Faces Criticism Over Pact with France
June 24 in London Austen Chamberlain faces a hostile Commons as liberals and laborites press for a guarantee to defend France's western frontier. Deputies threaten censure over unemployment linked to the coal crisis, while debate over written assurances and possible revocation intensifies government tension.
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London
Austen Chamberlain
House of Commons
France
Chamberlain
Briand
Laborite
Baldwin
Sorigie
Evening Radio Picks From Major Stations
Tonight programs include US Navy band concert on WEAF from 7 to 8 E T, and Central Park band concert on WNYC at 7 15 E T. Also features Judge Ben Lindsay talk and a three act comedy, plus Hawaiian selections on WLW at 10 E T. Stations listed: WEAF WJAR WOO WCAP WNYC KOA WLW.
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WEAF
U. S. Navy
WJAR
WOO
WCAP
WNYC
E. T
Central Park
KOA
M. T
WLW
Foreigners Evacuate as Chinese Strife Spreads in Canton
At Amoy and Canton the general strike and clashes prompt consuls to seek warships. Two hundred Chinese reportedly slain near Shameen as British French marines fire on demonstrators. Refugees flood to Hong Kong aboard the Honan, while U S Navy vessels assist.
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Amoy
China
Canton
Shameen
Honan
Hong Kong
Ashville
G. O. Pasquier
Arthur Edwards
Junior Scouts to Spend Fourth at Healthhaven
The Athens Junior Scouts will encamp at Healthhaven four miles east of Athens on Harmony road for the July Fourth weekend. Thirty two Junior Scouts fill all berths with Walter Muir aiding Scoutmaster William G. Silvus in tent setup. Activities include swimming games and a patriotic Fourth ceremony. Healthhaven camp is owned by the Junior Scouts with Troop 2 also aiding leased property and construction.
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Athens
Healthhaven
William G. Silvus
Walter Muir
Silvus
Healthhaven Camp
Harmony Road
Troop 2
PLAN INDUSTRIAL COAL-IRON LINE UP
Berlin June 23. Negotiations for a German industrialists and French iron ore alliance have reached the formal stage. The proposed pact would vitalize the Treaty of Versailles and renew life for the Dawes plan.
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Berlin
Germany
France
Tax study eyed to explore Ohio income tax
Columbus June 24. A legislative tax committee and business advisory group will resume meetings to study state tax problems and Ohio communities. They expect consideration of some form of state income tax, with close study of New York's system following its overhaul and abolition of personal property tax.
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Columbus
Ohio
New York State
Kennett Rawson 15 Joins Bowdoin Arctic Expedition
Kennett Rawson, aged 15, sails with MacMillan’s Bowdoin expedition toward Etah and frozen ports. He serves as a working crew member and diarist, learning seamanship, logging daily life, and proving himself beyond a mascot as his family waves farewell.
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Wiscasset
Kennett Rawson
Rover Boys
G. A. Henry
Kennett
Bowdoin
Sheepscot
Etah
Frederick Rawson
The
Union Trust Co
Chicago
Hill School
Pennsylvania
Nantucket
Navy
Polar Circle
Marco Polo
EK. F. McDonald
McDonald
Lieut. Com. MacMillan
Kenneth Rawson
MacMillan
Injunction Delays $35,000 Insurance to Lick Run Co
Athens grocer Charles Bethel wins a temporary injunction blocking Athens County Savings & Loan from paying $35,000 in insurance to Lick Run Coal & Clay Co. The dispute followed an assault charge against Bethel after a bank incident. Bethel claims mortgages of $12,000 on Lick Run property and on the savings association.
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Charles 8
Bethel
Athens
Common Pleas
L. G. Worstell
Athens County Savings & Loan Association
Lick Run Coal & Clay Co
Bank of Athens
Don R. McGill
Lick Run
H. T. Phillips
Savings Association
Phillips
McGill
Helwig
Woolley & Rowland
Business Men Seek Facts on Hocking Valley Coal Situation
A regional committee of business men from the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys met in the Security building to plan a fact finding study on the coal mining industry. They will issue information requests asking why Bailey Run mines closed and why some Ohio mines run while others cannot, stressing that the goal is to learn facts for miners and operators without proposing scales or plans.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking
Sunday Creek
Bailey
Ohio
C. H. Brygon
Bryson
Humane officer seeks Athens youths to aid animals
Rev V Ahlbrand the humane officer asks the boys and girls of Athens county to promote kindness to animals and birds and help stop cruelty. He urges providing clean drinking water for animals and birds as a key kindness.
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Junior
Rev. V. Ahlbrand
Athens County
New Day Law Allows Prohibition Court Aides Hire
Columbus reports Attorney General Crabbe ruled that torneys detectives and secret service officers used in local prohibition courts may be hired at fixed rates by the day week month or year or for any fixed period. The ruling follows study of the Bender act of 1925.
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Columbus
Crabbe
West Virginia Strikers Meet in Mass Rally
In Moundsville West Virginia the United Mine Workers hold a large mass meeting to urge hundreds of striking coal miners to continue the strike. Phillip Murray international vice president and officials including Lee Hall Ohio union leader and Van A Bittner strike director address the gathering with miners from across northern West Virginia.
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Moundsville
W. Va
United Mine Workers of America
West Virginia
Phillip Murray
International
Lee Hall
Ohio Organization
van A. Bittner
Stereoptical entertainment at Amesville church
Amesville announces a stereoptical program at the M E church Sunday evening June 28 at 7 45 o clock. The Sunday school orchestra will provide music with violin saxophone and vocal solos. Admission is free but a collection will be taken.
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Amesville
M. E
Chillicothe Club to host Athens on Thursday golf match
The Chillicothe Country Club golf team will meet the Athens Country Club team tomorrow at 1 p.m. on the local links. A dinner will follow the tourney which will last into the afternoon. Twenty to thirty players may participate to balance the two teams. The Athens lineup includes Grover Swanson O Bieness Wolfe McKinstry Johnson Biddle Parks Sweeney Wood Howe Hodkins Alderman R W Finsterwald Beckley Peden Sprague Bush Ed Finsterwald Chubb Frame Bingman Cline J H Preston Rauch Biddle T R Whipple dennings R Clark H C Palmer.
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Chillicothe Country Club
Athens Country Club
Chillicothe
Athens
L. D. Forsyth
Grover
Swanson
O'Bieness
Wolfe
McKinstry
Johnson
Biddle
Parks
Sweeney
Wood
Howe
Hodkins
Alderman
R. W. Finsterwald
Beckley
Peden
Sprague
Bush
Ed Finsterwald
Chubb
Frame
Bingman
Cline
J. H
Preston
Rauch
T. R. Whipple
Dennings
R- Clark
H.C. Palmer
World War Veteran Walter T Watkins Dies at Home
Walter T Watkins 35 a World War veteran killed himself with a shotgun at his home near J ville about 10 am today. He had borrowed the gun to shoot a hawk and relatives believe an accidental discharge is possible. He had health decline noted by a physician the day before. He leaves his stepmother Mary Watkins and his foster father James Watkins who died a month ago. Funeral set for 3 pm tomorrow at Clark's chapel. Watkins had a distinguished war record and served with the Thirty-fifth division after enlisting in 1917. He was adopted years ago by Mr and Mrs James Watkins.
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Walter T. Watkins
J ' Ville
MeMary Watkins
James Watkins
Clark
Watkins
Athens
Camp Shereman
Atlantic
Faens
Névfol Va
James Wi
Palmer and Chas. Palmer Fined in Liquor Case
Ohio Supreme Court refused to review the conviction of Charlies Palmer in a liquor charge. Palmer must pay fines totaling 3808, imposed by Justice Pearl W. Helwig's court in May 1924. The appeal argued trial error in allowing the prosecutor to examine the prosecutor's own witness.
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Ohio Supreme
Charlies Palmer
Pearl W. Helwig
Ohio Supreme Court
Harold Ball
Paismer
British take action in Hong Kong Canton operation
June 24 British forces ordered to Canton by air and sea. The steamer Nonam with 600 foreign refugees arrived in Hong Kong along with American bluejackets from Asheville, reporting that several hundred Chinese had been killed in the Cay crisis.
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Hong Kong
Bden
Canton
the & Asheville
Cay
Unsure text fragment on stain removal guidance
The readable lines describe a Washington Bureau note about distribution and how to treat stains. It mentions a booklet offering medical measures and advice to mail for a copy.
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Washington
Ghete
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Arctic Circle
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Walter Watkins
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